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STS100-719-013 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom taken during the STS-100 mission

STS100-719-013 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom take...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the newly installed Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) / Canadarm2 boom taken during the STS-100 mission. The P6 Truss is visible ... More

An air-to-air top view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, from the boom operator's section of a KC-10A Extender aircraft, after release from the tanker aircraft over mountains

An air-to-air top view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, from the boom ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as it nears the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in flight during testing and evaluation. The KC-135 is assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft as it nears the refueling bo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

Front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in-flight during testing. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is seen from the refueling boom operator's section

Front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in-flight during testing. Th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Ranzeno Oates Release Stat... More

An overhead front view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft being refueled by a KC-10A Extender aircraft as seen from the boom operator's position

An overhead front view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft being refuel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mcdonnell Douglas Corp. Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft flying in formation with six F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise William Tell. The KC-10A's refueling boom is extended for the refueling of one of the F-15 aircraft

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft flying in f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mcgill Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

An in-flight view from the boom operator's window of the refueling connection of a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft refueling a KC-135R Stratotanker

An in-flight view from the boom operator's window of the refueling con...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber approaching the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a flight test. This is the first flight in four years for this particular B-1B

An air-to-air left rear view of a B-1B bomber approaching the refuelin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. William B. Belcher Relea... More

Cameramen record activities taking place on the flight line as an RH-53D Sea Stallion is prepared for a minesweeping demonstration. Staged behind the helicopter are several types of minesweeping equipment, including a Mark 104 acoustic minesweeping device (under the tail boom). The helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM-12)

Cameramen record activities taking place on the flight line as an RH-5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released ... More

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing approaches for in-flight refueling during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Perez Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Theater Force Employment Exercise IV

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft approaches the r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

TECH SGT. Sze Tom, boom operator with the 19th Air Refueling Wing, operates the controls of the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a training mission

TECH SGT. Sze Tom, boom operator with the 19th Air Refueling Wing, ope...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release St... More

A boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft mans the controls as a 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4 Phantom II aircraft is refueled in flight during Exercise COPE MAX 85

A boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft mans the controls as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE MAX 85 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ferguson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

An F-4E Phantom II aircraft of the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron approaches the refueling boom of a KC-10A Extender aircraft. The Phantom is taking part in a bomb test mission during which it will drop GBU-15 modular glide bombs

An F-4E Phantom II aircraft of the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron app...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Pete Wright Releas... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft as an F-4E Phantom II aircraft from the 86th Tactical Fighter Wing refuels in flight. The 191st Air Refueling Squadron Stratotanker and its Utah Air National Guard crew are providing NATO with air tanker support under the Air Force Total Force program. This program includes Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units in active duty Air Force operations

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135E Stratotanker airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of the port boat boom on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

A view of the port boat boom on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: R... More

An air-to-air view of an MC-130E Hercules aircraft of the 8th Special Operations Squadron approaching the refueling boom of a tanker aircraft. The Hercules is equipped with the Fulton recovery system

An air-to-air view of an MC-130E Hercules aircraft of the 8th Special ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tech. Sgt. Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A B-52 Stratofortress aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a flight out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during exercise Giant Warrior '89

A B-52 Stratofortress aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a KC-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GIANT WARRIOR '89 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A 35th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4G Phantom II aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying external fuel tanks on its outboard wing pylons and AGM-88A HARM high-speed anti-radiation missiles on its inboard wing pylons

A 35th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4G Phantom II aircraft approaches the r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

The boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft watches the approach of an aircraft coming in to refuel while on a training flight during Operation Desert Shield

The boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft watches the approa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

S46-73-002 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-002 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

S46-73-017 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-017 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

S46-73-010 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-010 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

S46-73-052 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-052 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

S46-73-057 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-057 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

A member of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Honolulu, helps to set up an oil spill containment boom during a training exercise

A member of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Honolulu, helps to s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Exxon Valdez State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PAC Dennis Hubbard Release Status: Released to Pub... More

The boom operator of a 71st Air Refueling Squadron KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft watches through the refueling station window as a 596th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft approaches to take on fuel. Both aircraft are participating in Proud Shield '92, a Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

The boom operator of a 71st Air Refueling Squadron KC-135A Stratotanke...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Stewart Release Status:... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 36th Fighter Squadron approaches the refueling boom of a 310th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 stratotanker aircraft during a Pacific Tanker Task Force refueling mission

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 36th Fighter Squadron approa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

TECH. SGT. Jay Davis Jr. (left), a refueling boom instructor, works with SGT. Lynn Thatcher during a KC-10 Extender aerial refueling mission. Joint Task Force 95-3 involved each branch of the armed services and all major units of the US Atlantic Command. The aircraft is from the 69th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.(Exact date unknown)

TECH. SGT. Jay Davis Jr. (left), a refueling boom instructor, works wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)... More

STS075-318-023 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom survey

STS075-318-023 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom sur...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up segment by segment photographs of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite. Views are of the boom segments a... More

STS075-318-025 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom survey

STS075-318-025 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom sur...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up segment by segment photographs of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite. Views are of the boom segments a... More

STS075-725-000BF - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-725-000BF - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up views of the top of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom, with tether extended Subject Terms: TETHERED SATELLITES, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACE... More

STS075-318-028 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom survey

STS075-318-028 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom sur...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up segment by segment photographs of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite. Views are of the boom segments a... More

STS075-711-035 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-035 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

STS075-722-077 - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-722-077 - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up views of the base of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom in the Columbia's payload bay, with the boom extended after the loss of the s... More

STS075-363-005 - STS-075 - TSS-1R satellite atop its boom

STS075-363-005 - STS-075 - TSS-1R satellite atop its boom

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant and blurred views of the TSS-1R during deployment. Subject Terms: TETHERED SATELLITES, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, STS-75, COLU... More

STS075-325-006 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R survey photography

STS075-325-006 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R survey p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey photography of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom and hardware after the loss of the tethered satellite include: close-up of tether on ... More

STS075-325-009 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R survey photography

STS075-325-009 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R survey p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey photography of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom and hardware after the loss of the tethered satellite include: close-up of tether on ... More

STS075-711-045 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-045 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

STS075-711-025 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-025 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

STS075-711-028 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-028 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

STS075-725-000X - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-725-000X - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up views of the top of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R , with tether extended. Subject Terms: TETHERED SATELLITES, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACE SHU... More

STS075-725-000BG - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-725-000BG - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up views of the top of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom, with tether extended Subject Terms: TETHERED SATELLITES, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACE... More

STS075-725-000AE - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-725-000AE - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Very dark and distant views of light reflecting off of the extended Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R tether. Subject Terms: TETHERED SATELLITES, PAYL... More

An F-16 Falcon with the refueling boom attached, can be seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-10. MASTER SGT. Robert Morales, 709th Air Refueling Squadron is the boom operator. The F-16 is returning from a bombing run. Visible under the wings (left to right) is an AMI pod for training, a SUE rack, two fuel tanks, a TUR rack and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

An F-16 Falcon with the refueling boom attached, can be seen through t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Came... More

A German F-4F Phantom descends from the boom of a KC-135R somewhere over Germany. The KC-135R is from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England

A German F-4F Phantom descends from the boom of a KC-135R somewhere ov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

S46-80-055 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-80-055 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operations f... More

S46-30-004 - STS-046 - STS-46 TSS-1's Kevlar cord and extendible boom is deployed from OV-104's PLB

S46-30-004 - STS-046 - STS-46 TSS-1's Kevlar cord and extendible boom ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: During STS-46 operations, the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is extended beyond the deployer system's boom. Visible in the image is the a... More

S46-106-000X - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-106-000X - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sa...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Images of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) resting upon the extended 12-m deployment boom with the Earth surface showing in the background. Subj... More

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling boom from the 344th Aerial Refeuling Squadron, McConell Air Force Base, Kansas, passes fuel to a Dutch F-16 Falcon during a refueling mission in a forward location in the European Theatre. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling boom from the 344th Aeria...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE ANVIL Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

STS092-334-013 - STS-092 - SGANT antenna boom interface on Z1 truss and MS Chiao

STS092-334-013 - STS-092 - SGANT antenna boom interface on Z1 truss an...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mounting interface between Z1 truss and SGANT boom. Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao is also in the frame during the Extravehicular Activity (EVA). Subje... More

GALAPAGOS ISLAND OIL SPILL

GALAPAGOS ISLAND OIL SPILL

Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on Isla San Cristobal, GALAPAGOS ISLAND (Jan. 26)--Oil spill containment booms were deployed around the Jessica to limit the impact of the oil spill to the environment. The tank vessel ... More

An F-15D Eagle piloted by Major Jim Shaw from the 67th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker piloted by Major James Seaward, Lieutenant David Eisenbrey, (copilot), CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Gregory Durand, (boom operator), Technical Sergeant David Steiner, (boom operator), and Colonel William Kunzweiller, (18th Operations Group Deputy Commander) from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during a training mission over the Pacific Ocean near Okinawa, Japan. Both aircraft are assigned to the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan

An F-15D Eagle piloted by Major Jim Shaw from the 67th Fighter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pacific Ocean State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Marvin Krause, USAF Release Stat... More

On the flightdeck of the KC-135, AIRMAN First Class Katherine B. Shoemake, USAF, boom operator, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, performs a quick inspection on her oxygen mask, to her left, to ensure she has proper flow before taking off for a training mission. The mask at the upper right is an in flight emergency quick don oxygen mask

On the flightdeck of the KC-135, AIRMAN First Class Katherine B. Shoem...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Rasheen A. Douglas, USAF Relea... More

With the boom down awaiting the next aircraft, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Paul Jacobs, a boom operator with the 319th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), is reflected on the window as he goes over his checklist prior to an early morning aerial refueling mission. SSGT Jacobs is assigned to the 319th AEG deployed to a classified location providing aerial refueling support for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

With the boom down awaiting the next aircraft, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An Air Force crewchief from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, Diego Garcia, marshals a KC-10A Extender into its parking spot during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-10A completed over 300 sorties while offloading 30 million pounds of fuel in the first 30 days of combat. The KC-10A has the capability to refuel the full spectrum of U.S. and Allied fighters, bombers, and mobility aircraft using either centerline drogue or a fly-by-wire boom system. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon

An Air Force crewchief from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, Diego Gar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW Scene ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris M. Meinken, Boom Operator, 108th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), gives a briefing to USAF AIRMAN First Class (AIC) Brandon S. Healy, before a mission in support of Exercise COPE TIGER '02 at Wing 1 Air Base Korat AB, Thailand. Cope Tiger is an annual, multi-national exercise in the Asia-Pacific region which promotes closer relations and enables air force units in the region to sharpen air combat skills and practice interoperability with US Forces

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris M. Meinken, Boom O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE TIGER '02 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

Light enhanced, fisheye lens view, showing US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Patrick Bennett, Boom Operator aboard a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 96th Air Refueling Squadron, as he refuels a USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft, patrolling the no-fly-zone near Southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

Light enhanced, fisheye lens view, showing US Air Force (USAF) Technic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator... More

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft connects to the refueling boom of a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), as it patrols the no fly zone over Southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The aircraft carries an AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM)

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft connects to the r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jack Braden, USAF Release Stat... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rafael Him, Boom Operator, 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), man his position aboard a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, as a USAF E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft refuels during a mission flown over Northern Iraq, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rafael Him, Boom Operator, 9...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Anna Hayman, USAF Release St... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rafael Him (foreground) and USAF MASTER Sergeant Dan Smith, both Boom Operators assigned to the 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), man their positions aboard a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, during a refueling mission flown over Northern Iraq, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rafael Him (foreground) and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Anna Hayman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) STAFF Sergeant Dan Smith (left) and USAF (SSGT) Rafael Him, both Boom Operator aboard a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), completes preflight procedures at their station onboard the aircraft, before departing on a refueling mission in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) STAFF Sergeant Dan Smith (l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Anna Hayman, USAF Release St... More

Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft approaching the extended refueling arm of a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW) during a mission flown in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Strat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SRA Nathan G. Bevier, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Jamie Garrido Heavy Equipment Operator, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion, 1ST Marine division, uses a Skytrak 10,000-pound capacity extended boom forklift to transport small Container Express (CONEX) boxes at Matilda, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Jamie Garrido Heavy Equipment Operator, 1ST Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher G. Graham, USMC Release Status:... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Perry Briggs, from the 157th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Pease Air National Guard (ANG) Base, New Hampshire, performs a follow up inspection on the boom siding window

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Perry Briggs, from the 157t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Newington State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dawn Finniss, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bruce Klima, with the 304th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, checks the profile of upcoming jets during a refueling mission, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bruce Klima, with the 304th Ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry, Jr., USAF Rele... More

The reflection of a US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer aircraft is shown on the helmet shield of USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Andrew Diaz, a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft Boom Operator from the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), following a refueling mission at a forward deployed location in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQ FREEDOM

The reflection of a US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer aircraft is shown ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION ENDURING / IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shelley Gill, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

A civilian 200-ton capacity boom crane prepares to lift the 26-ton Air Traffic Control Tower Cab unit into place on the top of the Buckley Air Force Base (AFB), Aurora, Colorado (CO), control tower, which is being built to support both the Colorado Air National Guard (COANG), and Colorado Army National Guard (COARNG)

A civilian 200-ton capacity boom crane prepares to lift the 26-ton Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Buckley Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Darin Overstreet, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Eric Vasquez, a Boom Operator aboard a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 351st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), goes through his pre-flight checklist prior to a six-and-a-half-hour long mission at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, United Kingdom. USAF crewmembers are at Fairford due to the runway closure at RAF Mildenhall

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Eric Vasquez, a Boom Oper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rob Tabor, left, discusses incoming aircraft with SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Schultz, from the refueling boom operators position in a KC-10A Extender refueling tanker aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rob Tabor, left, discuss...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Shaun Withers, USAF Release Status... More

A US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft, from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), approaches the deployed refueling boom of an Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (not shown) on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

A US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R Tolley, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Air Force (USAF) 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft breaks away from a USAF Reserve (AFRES) 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), KC-10A Extender air refueling aircraft refueling boom after refueling while flying a training mission from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

A US Air Force (USAF) 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Ryan, 906th Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135R Stratotanker refueler tanker boom operator, controls the boom during a training mission, on Sept. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Ryan, 906th Air Refueling Squadron, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kc-135r Stratotanker Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott T. Sturkol, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. J.L. Smith, Boom Operator, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing, tightens down a strap to secure baggage before departing from RAF Mildenhall, U.K., on Oct. 20, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Franklin J. Perkins) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. J.L. Smith, Boom Operator, 351st Air Refueli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Michael Chenosky, a KC-10 Extender aircraft boom operator from the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, refuels an F-16 Fghting Falcon aircraft over the skies of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on Nov. 18, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Michael Chenosky, a KC-10 Extender air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Over Iraq Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Erik Gudmundson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

S114E5212 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System and Shuttle Remote Manipulator System

S114E5212 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System and Shuttle Remote Ma...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System in its berthed configuration undocked along the starboard side of the STS-114 orbiter Discovery. Also visible to... More

S114E5332 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System extended

S114E5332 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System extended

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the of the STS-114 orbiter Discovery's Orbiter Boom Sensor System extended over an Earth limb. Subject Terms: Sensors, Booms (Equipment), Remot... More

S114E5318 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System elbow camera

S114E5318 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System elbow camera

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the STS-114 orbiter Discovery's Orbiter Boom Sensor System elbow camera over an Earth limb. The view is framed by the orbiter aft flight deck wi... More

S114E5204 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System and Shuttle Remote Manipulator System

S114E5204 - STS-114 - Orbiter Boom Sensor System and Shuttle Remote Ma...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System in its berthed configuration along the starboard side of the STS-114 orbiter Discovery. Also visible is the end e... More

S121E06050 - STS-121 - Fossum and Sellers on the OBSS during EVA1 on STS-121 / Expedition 13 joint operations

S121E06050 - STS-121 - Fossum and Sellers on the OBSS during EVA1 on S...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Extravehicular Crewmember 1 (EV1) Piers Sellers and EV2 Michael Fossum on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) during Extravehicular Activit... More

S118E07909 - STS-118 - View of Williams working on the OBSS Boom Stand during STS-118 / Expedition 15 EVA

S118E07909 - STS-118 - View of Williams working on the OBSS Boom Stand...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of STS-118 Canadian Space Agency Astronaut and Mission Specialist (MS), Dafydd Williams, working to install the outboard Orbiter Boom Senser System... More

S123E008434 - STS-123 - Foreman on EVA 5 during Expedition 16 / STS-123 Joint Operations

S123E008434 - STS-123 - Foreman on EVA 5 during Expedition 16 / STS-12...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: EV3 Mike Foreman, STS-123 Mission Specialist (MS), in the broken red striped Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), helps tie down the Orbiter Boom Sensor ... More

S123E008452 - STS-123 - Behnken on EVA 5 during Expedition 16 / STS-123 Joint Operations

S123E008452 - STS-123 - Behnken on EVA 5 during Expedition 16 / STS-12...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: EV2 Robert L. Behnken, in the white striped EMU, helps tie down the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) on the International Space Stations (ISS) S1 truss... More

S123E008426 - STS-123 - Foreman on EVA 5 during Expedition 16 / STS-123 Joint Operations

S123E008426 - STS-123 - Foreman on EVA 5 during Expedition 16 / STS-12...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: EV3 Mike Foreman, STS-123 Mission Specialist (MS), in the broken red striped Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), helps tie down the Orbiter Boom Sensor ... More

Deepwater Horizon overflight

Deepwater Horizon overflight

HOUMA, La. -- Protective boom lines the Louisiana coast, May 1, 2010, after the explosion of the mobile off-shore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, triggered a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. More than... More

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Mouth of Mississippi River, islands, boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-05-14_Cocodrie_030.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Islands,  boom at mouth of Mississippi River. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-2010-05-14_Cocodrie_017.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Mouth of Mississippi River, islands, boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-05-14_Cocodrie_027.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Mouth of Mississippi River, islands, boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-05-14_Cocodrie_028.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Mouth of Mississippi River, islands, boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-05-14_Cocodrie_024.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - ASPECT Flight over Gulfport, Mississippi (BP Oil Spill) - Mouth of Mississippi River, islands, boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-668-2010-05-14_AspectFlight_050.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - ASPECT Flight over Gul...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - ASPECT Flight over Gulfport, Mississippi (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Mouth of Mississippi River, islands, boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-05-14_Cocodrie_032.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Islands in the Chandeleur Island chain surrounded bt boom and sorbent boom.USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-05-14_AspectFlight_078.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lafourche-Jefferson Parish (BP Oil Spill) - Boom protecting residential areas. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-670-2010-06-01_Lafourche-JeffersonParish_038.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lafourche-Jefferson Pa...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lafourche-Jefferson Parish (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Boom protecting residential areas. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-06-02_PortFourchounCocodrie_050.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Hard boom on standby at inlet. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-06-02_PortFourchounCocodrie_043.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Boom protecting residential areas. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-2010-06-02_PortFourchounCocodrie_052.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Colorful "pom-pom" sorbent boom. Filiments trap oil effectively. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-2010-06-02_PortFourchounCocodrie_074.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Examining pom-pom boom in "hot zone". USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-2010-06-02_PortFourchounCocodrie_081.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Examining pom-pom boom in "hot zone". USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-2010-06-02_PortFourchounCocodrie_083.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

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